Ayurvedic literature contains a wealth of information on the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal diseases. This article discusses the use of triphala in the treatment of such diseases.

This investigation was designed to throw light on the microbial status of some herbal materials used in ‘triphala preparation’. Dried fruit samples of Phyllanthus emblica (Amla), Terminalia belerica (Baheda) and Terminalia chebula (Harada) were collected from random market sources of Jammu & Kashmir state (India). Mycological analysis was carried out for the detection and enumeration of fungi u...

INTRODUCTION The antimicrobial efficacy of root canal irrigant plays an important role in increasing the success of root canal treatment (RCT). The aim of the present experimental study was to compare the antimicrobial activity of Triphala (a plant-derived solution) with 0.5, 1, 2.5 and 5% concentrations of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), against Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis). METHODS AND ...

Triphala Curna, Triphatladi Kvatha Curna, Inji Rasayanam and Manibhadra Lehya of Indian System of Medicine were examined microscopically and the methods of identifying their ingredients were reported as one of the quality control standards.

According to ayurvedic texts shodhan vidhi is an important process which enhances the biological activity of a compound and reduces the toxicity at the same time. Before incorporating into formulations, guggul is processed using Shodhan vidhi involving different shodhan dravyas like gulvel, gomutra, triphala, dashmul. We have evaluated the antispasmodic activity of guggul on ileum of guinea pig...

Degenerative physiological changes related to old-age are increasing world over. These geriatric diseases affect almost all vital body systems. The rejuvenating and preventive therapy called Rasayana therapy in Ayurvedic system of Indian medicine deals with prevention, amelioration and cure of geriatric ailments by increasing overall body immunity, fighting infections & antigens, and preventing...

The nitric oxide (NO) scavenging activities of traditional polyherbal drugs like abana, chyavanaprasha, geriforte, septilin, mentat and triphala were examined using sodium nitroprusside as a NO donor in vitro. All the drugs tested demonstrated direct scavenging of NO and were superior to Gingko biloba, which was used as a positive control. The extracts of various polyherbal drugs exhibited dose...

Sir, I read the recent publication on the anticataract potential of Triphala (TP) with a great interest.[1] Gupta et al., concluded that “TP prevents or retards experimental selenite-induced cataract.[1]” This finding is interesting. Recently the usefulness of TP been proposed for many diseases including metal caries.[2] However, the disturbance of Cytochrome P450 is an important toxicopharmaco...